The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1872, Page 3

Stanley and His Discoveries in. Africa. Mr. Richard M. Whitney, of Madagascar, on the Herald Correspondent. Honors Given to Stanley on the African Coast. “As Honest a Man as Ever Breathed.” Opinions of Mr. Oswell Livingstone, Lienten- ant Dawson and Dr. Kirk. As stated in yesterday's HERALD, a single passen- wer, Mr. Richard M. Whitney, arrived in the Mary A. Way on Sunday, direct from Zanzibar. Mr. Whit- wey has been.seven years a realdent in Madagascar, ‘where he was engaged in mercantile business; and {it was on bis return voyage to his own city that he visited Zanzibar. He was formerly engaged in ‘business in this city, and was widely known through his connection with the large commission house of Belt & Oilley. His character for truthfulness and reliability is highly spoken of among his friends, ‘who assert that he would make no statement that ‘would not be literally correct, AHERALD reporter called on Mr. Whitney yes- terday to get some particulars relative to the LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION, which were readily given to him, and their in- terest may be learned by the fact that Mr. Whitney arrived in Zanzibar just one day previous to the return of Mr. Stanley from the interior, after his great discovery, Mr, Whitney’s residence in Mada- gascar has somewhat browned his complexion, but he states that the climate is very healthy, al- though the local society is by no means desirable. The following is a report of the interview :—- REPORTER—I have called, Mr. Whitney, to get some account of your stayin Zanzibar and your acquaintance with Mr. Stanley. Mr. Wuirey—Well, gir, I shall be happy tg gtorg you all the information I possess, and As I have a sincere admiration for Mr. Stantey and thoroughly ‘sppreciate the work he has done I shall be all the more willing to answer any questions relative to him. HRS ibe did you come to touch at Zanzl- bart Mr. Wintnsy—The vessel I was coming home on had some business at the port, there being a con, Biderable amount of American trade carried on at the place, I had heard vory little of Stanley or the Livingstone expedition before we came'to Zanzi- bar; 1m fact, I may say nothing, and I was no little astonished when the American Consol informed me that the correspondent of a New York paper YOUND THE LONG LOST TRAVELLER, Mr. Stanley was hourly expected at the time, the American Consul haying received intelligence that dhe was coming, Rerorigx—How did he receive the intelligence? * Mr. Warrney—From part of Stanley’s cavalcade ‘which preceded him. A number of the natives wBttacired to the expcdition had come in a day or two prevjons, with the intelligence that Dr. Living-~ ‘stone had been found and that Mr. Stanley would ammediately return. Dr, Kirk. who speaks the language of the country, interviewed the: nd they gave a straightforward account of the expedi- tion and its result, fully confirming the intelligence ‘that Mr. Stanley very soon after brought. Aiter arrived we were all on the qui vive, the: + wach! for the firat at of the explorer, fER—Did you sce Mr. Stanley come in? eNEY—I did; and it certainly was a great @ight. When the dhow neared Zanzibar the gun ‘was firea, AND THE AMERICAN COLORS were goon visible, proudly flyiug from the ga ‘The beach was lined with poopie, native and white, who testified their delight by an Gehegea! dis- e@harge of arms. ‘The guns in the Sultan’s ‘Datteries fired repeated salutes, and, in fact, the enthusiasm was something unparalicled. There was certainly never anything seen like it in Zanzi- , and the Americans in particular were joyful in ie extreme. The intelligent native merchants ‘were loud in their praises of the great explorer, sp they called Stanley, and looked upon his expoit as marvellous. Tho Americans and the lish were equally demonstrative in their PB only that the Knglish were somewhat -chagrived that the AMERICANS HAD GARRIED OF? TRE HONOBS attached to the discovery. They would have pre- ferred to have tound him themselves, but did not Know what way they should £9 about it. Isaw an absurd statement in an English paper at St. Helena, claiming that Mr, Bennett should have informed the Geographical Socicty, in England, Previous to taking any steps, that he was about to Bend an oxpedition to Africa, J think it would be very foolish to do wxything of the kind, as it might have hindered the work. RerorreR—Did you see Mr. Stanley soon after his arrival ? Mr. WulTNEyY—Mr. Stanley arrived about twelve ‘o'clock in the forenoon, and I was introduced to him the next morning at the house of the Ameri- ‘can Consul, Mr, Webu, with whom he was staying asa guest. Ali the American residents in Zanzibar ‘were present nt the time, and it was a scene of general rejoicing. RerorteER—How did Mr. Stanley look? Mr. Wuirnry—He looked just as a man woulda ‘who had experienced the hardships of a ‘TEN-HUNDRED-MILE JOURNEY Anto the interior of Africa. I tell you it is a tre- mendons thing to go through such a journey, and only that Mr> ey is a man ofiron he never would Dave survived. When he came in he was suffering from fever, but, under the hospitable roof of the American Consul, he soon recovered and regained, his atrength. Reronrter--Were there any doubts entertained @t Zanzibar of the authenticity of the letters and the genuineness of the discovery. Mr, Wairxey- Why, no; and 1 AM PERFECTLY ASTONISHED to find on my return home that any such doubts exist. J-cannot see that any grounds exist for such doubts, Why, the nged » Stanley brought to Yanzihar were of the most convificing kind, and the shadow of an objection to them was never Faised, A great niany questions were asked of the Dative followers of Stanley relative to Dr. Living- stone and his habits, but it never entered into the anind of any individual to question the truth of his @iscovery. Lieutenant Dawson, of the English ex- Eig el ‘Was 80 thoroughly satisfied that there no eccasion for him to go on that he resigned bis command.to Lieutenant Henn, who, in turn, re- signed itto Mr. Osweil Livingstone. Oswell con- sidcred the matter carefully over, and, on his own ses poeee decided that he would not go on, and came to the conclusion of sending on ail the Stores to his father and retarning to England. Mr. Stanicy supervised the arrangeinent of the caravan, Ais knowledge of the interior leading him to believe sthat it wo be better to see to the matter Bimsetf. ._ RECORTER—Were you present at the sete the Sultan of Zauzivar gave in honor of Mr. Stanley? MR, Whirrey—I was not, and cannot tell much avout it, but I know it came of, and was pro- aiounced to be a grand success. I was present at a ir given by American Consul, to which : ALL THE AMERICANS WERE INVITED, as weil a8 the members of the English expedition, and Mr. Oswell Livingstone. It is scarcely neces- sary to say that Mr. Stanley was the soul of the iy, and sat on the right hand of the host. The inner was a very pleasant affair and the best of Secling prevailed, “Mr. Stanley subsequently dined on board the Mary A. Way with Captain Russell. -. REPORTER—Did you ever hear young Livingstone “talk about the letters he received from his father? Mr. Wiirney—There was a conversation took ee One Morking at a breakfast, or tiffin at the imerican Consul’s, at which Captain Russell, Lieu. fenant Dawson, young Livingstone, the Consul, 4 Stanley.and Inyself were present. We were fdalking of the Jetters of the Doctor, and as near as can recoflect Oswell communicated the contents the letters he received, which were of public rest 20 tike company, bus stated that there wore rivate spoken of in the letters which to, and concerned no other per- er, and himself. I have seen Dr. nO-conversation with him relative to he received, but os from ether ‘BUAT THEY WERE AUTHENTIC. fndecd, he never doubted that they were so, nor did any one else in zibar. I have spoken fre- tl) [ar tr Dawson corn WY = i as he passenger t0 elena, and he never pad any dog avout the matter; and Imay soy her? that, pext to the discovery bein; gnade by an Auterican, woof no one whom would ratber see the undertaking than tenant Dawson. fi de has brought addi- I confirmation, if any Min 3 needed, to Eng- sang, ‘The ingpreasion L formed gf Mr. Stanley was PR WAS AN HONEST M. ha, wozd he said could be imnjicitly re- : nd that evorv was to wo and DS ed lh eae Ruronren— Mr. behind * Mr. Whitney. w anit shall esteem the the test ae reaching ber taal ee: countr, 80 farnous, WL uly reeiate his anit rise and des 80 thoror ring. I know no Gue whe te eo Tickiy deserving sf interview, and bhiding Mi , the reporter withdrew. INDIAN MASSACRE. and Horribly Matflated by the Sious in Dacotah—A New Fort Built. SS = Se EDWinTox, D. T., Missouns RIVER CRoserNO, NORTHERN Paciric ye } August 30, ist, Two haif-breed Arickree Indiau scouts who were riding in advance of and belonging to & small matt Party en route for Port Rice, from the new fort op- Posite here on the west bank of the river, were Gttacked and after @ sharp fight were overpow. ered, killed and horriply mutilated by the Sioux oo the 28th ingt, The Arickrees aré a remnant of the Pawnee ‘| What He Professes to Know The Poison in Miss Steinecke's | hoped: fe om bow evel atep, he boldly asserted that he would not Fifth Day---Blundering Scientists believe’ ‘any of the authors when. they conflicted Placed in the Pillory. —--— PROFESSOR AIKEN CONFOUNDED. a About Prussic Acid. Stomach. The Alleged Fi Will To Be Assigned as the Motive of Murder. ~---—- e- -| THE APPEARANCE OF THE PRISONER. Camtaere, Pa., Sept, 2, 1872. tribe, between whom and the Sioux a feud of long | The second trial of Dr. Pau! Schoenpe, the fifth standing has existed, The attacking party are supposed to belong to the | BOW @rrived at a stage when its greatest interest | actually Grand River Agency. day's proceedings of which took place to-day, has and importance begin. The preliminary bicker- Fort McKeen, named after one of General Han- | ng* and petty strife noticed between counsel for cock’s staff officers, is rapidiy being built on a site | the first few days has passed away, and all have 200 feet above the river, commanding an extensive | *¢ttled down to hard, earnest work. Most of the view % ail directfons, being plainly visible fifteen evidence so far given has been of no great interest or twenty miles east on the line of the Nerthern | ¢Xcept to the common herd. The recitation of the Pacific Railroad, It is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Muston, Sixth infantry. The telegraph line bas been in operation to this point about a week, AN ALLEGED INDIAN OUTRAGE DENIED. Leavenwortu, Kansas, Sept, 2, 1872. Oficial despatches received at General Pope's headquarters deny the report of Indian outrages between Carson and Fort Lyon. One of the de- spatches 18 from Lientenant Colonel Neil, Sixth Cav: alry, and is dated at the carey near Fort Bayes, See. tember 1, and sub-dated Fort Wallace, September Colonel Neil 3 Lieutenant Baldwin reached Fort Hayes from Port Lyon by way of Fort Wallace on Friday, and heard of no disturbance: HEXICAN ROBBERS ARRAYED, ‘Witnesses Threatened with Vengeanes by the Outlaws—The Claims Before the Commie- sion—Cortina’s Circular Deny- ing Criminal Complicity, a = r BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 2, 1872, ‘The Nueces valley Stock raisers, who have been giving important information before the Board of Commissioners, left here. yesterday, and fears are entertained that they will be attacked by Mexican outlaws, & conspiracy to that effect baving been discovered, The aggregate claims before the Commission are reported at over eight million dollars, The gen- eral impression is-that a search'ng investigation has been made of the troubles on the lower Rio Grande, and satiafaction 1s expressed at the gen- eral result. Great anxiety exists among the Texans to learn the proposed line of action of the govern- ment regarding these claims. The Commissioners left here to-day for Rio Grande City, by steamer, to make @ personal examination of the localities of cattle depredations and further official inquiry. General Cortina has issucd a circular, addressed to the people of both frontiers, denying complicity in the eattle thefts and appealing to their general good opmion. He charges General Palacios, who ‘was recently commander of Matamoros, with mak- ing an unfounded report on his conduct, and is very indignant sGencral McCook and the United States Consul at Matamoros for their efforts to pro- cure his dismissal from the command of the line of the Rio Grande, - NEW ENGLAND FAIR. - Arrival of the Objects Designated for Exhibition—Best Stock of New England Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c. LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 2, 1872, The day opens with great activity on the New England Fair grounds, which activity Increased during the forenoon. In the morning there was scarcely any agricultural implement in the tent designated for their display; but the arrival of the large and varied display of the Ames Plough Com- Pany, and many minor contributions, soon gave a show of busy life. It is to be feared that in the ex- hibition halls there will be a deficiency in many de- partments of domestic manufactures, especially in fabric articles; but the day may make a great change. No poultry had arrived except two pairs of turkeys from Putney, Vt. Several) Dev- ons and Dutch cattle and Southdown sheep have arrived to-day,and advices have been received of the shipment of others. Up to eleven o'clock to- day sixty-six horses had been reported on the ‘ounds, many of them of the best stock of New ingland. Russell’s stock of Fearnaught and others, Nevins’ of Fearnaught, Jr., and others; Twitchell, with Golddust stock; Charles Moulton’s Dictator, Bartlett’s Gray Eagle, Mr. J. G. Wood's Hambleton and Blackstone and Winship’s horses arrived this morning, There is the largest and best-selected stock of short-horned cattle on the groundsever before exhibited by the society. Burrato, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1872, The case of William 8. Kimball and Rufus Keeler, for the forfeiture of $20,000 worth of tobacco seized in 1867 for alleged defrauding the United States government of taxes upon their manufactures and sales, was decided in the United States Circuit Court to-day in favor of Kimba!l and Keeler. On the trial in 1869 a verdict was rendered in favor of the United States government. A new trial was granted, -and on a rehearing in May last the jury di ed, It ts said the government pro- se to carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. " THE LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, Meeting of the Association—A Successful Strike. The livery stable keepers of this city recently formed an association for the purpose of raising the price of carriages to funerais, which was joined by all the leading owners of livery stables in this city, numbering about fifty. The association held a meeting last night at the Germania Assembly Rooms, Mr. Frederick Banfield presiding. The fee business was the adoption of laws, and reports were received, showing that an increase of a new scale of prices has been suc- cessfully enforced, varying from $1 to $2 per car- riage, according to the distance to the different femeees ae average price for carriages ranging rom $6 to $7. It was stated that the new system works admira- bly well, and that no difficulty was experienced in carrying into effect the desired “reform,” OPENING OF A NEW HOSPITAL, ‘The St. Elizabeth Hospital, No. 225 Wost Thirty- first street, under the cure of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francls of Assisinm, will open for the reception of patients on Monday next, the 9th of September. The charitable organization to which this institution owes its being is composed of female lay members of the congregation, eu- gaged in the ordinary secular pursuits of life, with scarcely an exception poor and compelled to labor for their daily bread, Yet ia the short space of three years, with that industry and energy which bsp from genuine philanthropy, they have, under the management of Mother Superior McNulty, pur- chased the building referred to, repaired and fitted it for its present purpose, ‘and the ae com- pletely furnished, will start free from debt. It will constitute a home, free from charge, to the mem- bers of the organization. Others will be cl $6 = week. Sick persons, without any distinction as to religions opinions, nationality oF color, are received, Dr. 0.8. Paine, of No. 48 East Thirty- rst street, is surgeon in charge. CRUSHING A BUILDING. At half-past two o’clock yesterday afternoon a pile of lamber' Fast Tenth street, the Avenue B am fell, smashing in the stables of Broadway linc. Ten of the horses belonging to the company were buried | duty. ere rwards removed, Stage ine were Injurea, beneath the ruins, but None of the emnloyes of wort but whenever a vegetable A longing to 8, 0. Williams, of 696 | Worthy, » eg or animal com: death scenes attending Miss Steinecke and the partial dissection of « buman body in open Court were certainly borribie sensations; but the testimony that is to follow in @ short time will drape the proceedings with a lively interest not heretofore known to them, and show how little what really belonged vo the moral point of this case was brought out upon ite first hearing. ‘The vital evidence for the provecetion has been Dearly all developed, and does not difer materially | from that given upon the Gret trial, Nothing of importance has been added to it er taken from it, | 80 far as the medical and chemica! evidence ts con- corned, that is given to wake g case of poisoning against the prisoner, The same spectacle i pro. fonted of a human jie being put in jeopardy by | Bich ighS Pant, Uuafering eclontlow, ft taakes one shudder at . TUR INSECURITY OF BATMAN LPR when prejudiced minds are permitted to receive by AD equally prejudiced judic These aise aswer- tions are taken as truthiul statements of scientific | questions and to outweigh the truer and clearer | cXplanations of learned and ested gentlemen oc- cupying the highest positions in their profession, ‘The evidence of malpractice and blundering shown in the Wharton-Ketchum trial sinks into insignia. | cance by the side of the developments of medical and chemical ignorance eminently presented tn | this—the former being worse, if possitie, than the | Jatter. Dr. Herman, of thia piace, and Dr. Conrad, of Baltimore, are the vehicles through which this evidence wi put forth. Dr. Herman i¢ an old country physician, who never saw a case Of poisoning and whose rnowledge of mod- ern science is limited, His testimony is worth | really less than that of any intelligent man who | has lived with the advancing age, and Dr. Conrad, who made the post-mortem examination of Miss Bteinecke's body, isa younger ma clusions were not much more sativf were worth nothing at ail. Ile left the stand with the opinion created among intelligent hearers that he either knew little of his calung or was guilty of gross blundering 10 the post-mortem, upon the ac- cul of which, ; Sas hicl baty hy AE aga and lucid TESTIMONY OF PROFRSSOR Wi of tee a that demonstrated his of some the commonest science. Itis asevere commentary upon sician that ail the learned genatiemen, wen highest standing in their protession tu the country now here, lave declared his post-mortem utterly | worthies for the development of an: of death, When a man can be convicted of upon such medical evidence as has been adduced | here for the prosecution there is little security for ‘ime human life. A gentleman from Baltimore how bere, in a private note to a friend, says that Con- rad was @ child in the hands of the lawyers, and Professor Wood completely wnanihilated him. It was astonishing how little he kuew, This comment on scientific evidence is made be- | cause it is hard for persons not present at a trial toestimate the real value of such testimony, and it would be peal unjust to all parties to have it | g0 forth that either the medical or evemiecai evi- | dence in this case arose to that dignity where credence should be given to it, even in tne most ordinary transaction of jile. he proceedings to- day closed all the important lical and chemical testimony, and the prosecutl wil) fo to another branch of their case—the Reng gay of it—in which | the will alleged to be forged will be put forth as A MOTIVE FOX THE MURDER, and many other matters of importance and general interest will be presented, The Court convened promptly at nine o'clock and at once proceeded to work. All the attorneys were promptly in their places, and the court room was Well filled with spectators, the enclosure within the bar having many gentiemen of at promt. nence in the legal, meilical and chemical professions, front Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg and other | Places. The prisoner came in early with his papers and books, and looked fresh and vigorous, | He was, ag usual, faultlessly dressed, and developed the same elegance of man- ners as on__—s every —s former —_oceasion, | During the trial cach day he works bard taking | notes of the evidence, and to-day he seemed totake the cross-examination of Professor Aiken with | great care. The latter winced and quibbled under | the able and pointed cross-examination of Samue! | Hepburn, Jr., who has had the whole preparation | of the defence, and who has so far managed it with | skill and abiilty. Tue prisoner evinced genuine | satisfaction at his discomfort. Judge Junkin was, a8 usual, a little factions, but showed in all lis con- | duct of the case a fairness and impartiality rarely | seen in a heated trial of this kind. He is one of the | best Judges of the State. Upon the opening of the | Court the Judge stated that he was ready to hear | the arguments as to the admissibility of | THE EVIDENCE OF DR. AIKEN. as & medical expert, C E. McLaughlin, for the | prosecution, took up the argument in fa admissibility of Dr, Alken’s yeaaoay uedical , expert. He was followed by Mr, W. Hl, Miller, for the defence, who contended that Dr. Aiken was not @ medical expert and against the admissibility of his evidence as offered by the Commonwealth. Judge Junkin, after this argument, said, the ques- tion is, Can a medical expert give his opinion to the Salads Ae prussic acid that was present in the stomach of the subject ten or twelve days before the chemical expert made his ana- lysis whtch dieclosed faint traces of that poison ? In questions of science opinions are ad. Missibie, for on such questions scientific men mostly think alike, but the oer here is to obtain @n opinion as to quantity, which the witness never saw and has no means of determining. It would be a guesa, and the jury can guess as well as be, but the ability of the organs to absorb prasale acid may be shown, because that is a fact ascertainable | by medical science and ma; 1 th 4 Bus, der the testimony of Profi r Al ¢ id shown not to be such ati expert as would be competent to | prove THIS ABSORBING POWER OF THT, ORGANS, | as he has only practised medicine efyhteen months, and not at all for forty years, and we follow of the ruling of the Court by Chici Judge Miller in M Wharton's case, In reference to tis same witness, When it was held that was only © chemical ex- pert aud not a medical expert, the witness Is rejected as incompetent for the purpose offered The counsel for tue proseeution then offered to pat substantially the same question to the witness as a chemical expert, aud the Court delivered the same | opinion as above, stating, however, that | the prosecution was- al liberty to de} velop by this witness the volatlie nature | of prusvic acid and its tendency to rapid ; evaporation or decomposition. Projessor Aiken then took the stand, and his examina tion was continned al! day, As Professor Aiken's direct testimony has been printed in the HERALD vervatim, 1 do not deem it necessary to ive more than a review of his cross-examination. if the figure that this gentleman cat in the Whar- ton trial was disgusting to modern science, his tes- timony to-day was still more so. Orfila and all the reat standard anthorities were absolutely repu liated by the Professor whenever their ideas ap- peared to clash with his own. The great at authorities were placed, as he said, IN THE CRUCIBLE OF COMMON 8: and after a sufficient amount of pounding the; were drawn forth for use. Those which had no! Jost entirely the complexion which the simplest rules of aclence affixed were discarded as untrust- por aten out of its former shape could do duty as a suggestion in his testimony it was seized upon by the redoubtable scientist and made to do double He attempted to bring in the testimony which he had offered ov the Wharton trial and ex- Dlain the discrepancies which had go shocked the a NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. actentific world. He was met, however, half way 1 as by Mr. Samuel Hepburn, Jr., the cross-examining counsel for and confined entirely to finally succeede inextricable series ing his own theories at almost idea of common aense, and demonstrated he fact that with the advanced science of his pro- ssion he was utterly unacquainted. Here, as in his examination of the stomach of General Ketchum, he disclosed his reliance wholly upon color, but re- Pudiating the nitrate of silver test, the most dell- cate and reliable of them all, When asked why he did not bring the precipitate obtained into Court he said that he did not deem it necessary. He gut the color, and that was satisfactory to him, so he threw the solution from which to get the precipl- tate Lvie He regarded his opinion as suficient without further tests. He only claims to have found in this case the slightest tinge of the color in- dicative of prussic acid, and that only in color, with the iron without obtaining a precipitate at all, and then destroying all evidence of bis operations that tt have been subject to revision by, it is titer and more scientific gentlemen. He ted that lo acid t be obtained from ope, nati present in the mouth, but declared A IN MISS STRINEOKR’S STOMACH, because it was empty. This was positive proof to him of the absence of any substance containin; prussic acid. He did not seem to know that that Saliva would be absorbed in the coating of the stomach, und still existed when he made the examination, notwithstanding the fact that the stomach was empty and might have contained the he said he found even in larger quantities an really appeared present in this case. Allow- ing that he found a trace of prussic acid, he said he made no examination for prussic acid in its State before subjecting the stomach to tion along with sulphuric acid. He denied it the presence of this latter acid would cones, sgn to Sovermnige Ca cap se 94 acid, if found, had ori x! 10 Bate such as had beck, sWallowed, of had’ ben manufactured from the saliva or other substance in the stomach by the v process he which is almost certainly the case, inas- m as there was not a at symptom in Miss Svelnecke's case that could ascribed to prussic acid. When pushed on the subject of morphia poi- sons, he made the extraordinary assertion that. morpaia was less stable in human systems than Pane acid, and would be less likely to be after death. He afterwards admitted, when confronted with the highest authorities which he had ored, that morphia might be found many months after death. In fact, his assertions and contradictions developed the melancholy truth that he had not advanced with the age, but hered to the chemical theories and practices of forty eer ano, agin the Wharton case. So in this his extraordinary assertion and conduct go out to the world to brand him as a dark blot upon chemi- cal science, It is a fearful thing that human life should be the subject of his blundering. To- morrow Professor Reese, of Philadelphia, who confronted old Aiken upon the Wharton frial, will Feareen ti stand for the defence. The Court ad- journed this Syening, at five o'clock, to hear the announcement of the death of Colonel Penrose, a distinguished member of the Bar, who died this moruiug. ey ~.oRE SHOOT: OF BOLGER. The Offieer who is Not Afraid of the Harlem Gang. Edward Bolger, the romain wtb was on Sunday shot by Officer McKroune, of the Twelfth precinct, was yesterday arraigned at the Harlem Police Court. Two charges were preferred against hin— one by OMicer McKroune for assault and the other hy Gustave Dertinger, of 2,148 Third avenue, the proprietor of the lager beer saloon, where the doors an@ windows were smashed In by Bolger and his gang. The prisoner was held in the sum of $2,000 bail, and, not furnishing it, was locked up. ‘The assault on the oMcer was committed in front of his (MeKroune’s) residence on Second avenue, near 114th street, while on his way home to dinner, and when Bolger was surrounded by the gang. Thongh OMicer McKroune had no club with him a tl time he gave the ruMan a severe thras! On his way back to the station officer saw the ing “cleaning ont” Dertinger’s saloon and lent the ofi- cer on post a hand in quelling the disturbatice and arresting the ringleaders. The scoundrels fled on the approach. of McKroune and were pursued by both officers, Bolger turned into 119th etrect n toward Fourth avenue. McKroune called to him to stop or he would fire. Polger turned about and said, “Shoot, you s— of @ b—; Taint afraid,” whereupon OMcer McKroune red two shots over the fugitive’s head. These failing to arrest his Might McKroune fired lower and b tdown his man. The citizens of Har- jem are @ a man in favor of severely punishing the oMicer, because he did not kill the ruiian, for Bolger soe ie brutal and foul-mouthed villains of that infest the iborhood. fe has served several terms on for larceny and and was one of the crowd who anold may in Earlem some crime on: his gang is now in ‘will receive no mercy from Justice Arrest of Sharkey—Post-Mortem Exami- nation. ‘The excitement in the Eighth ward caused by the killing of Robert 8. Dunn, alias Bob Isaacs, at the porter house of Charles Harvey, 288 Hudson street, Sunday evening, by William J. Sharkey, as fully reported im the Hera.p, continued unabated yes- terday, SHARKEY ARRESTED, Immediately after the shooting Captain Garland, of the Twenty-cighth precinct, and his detectives mace Vigilant search for Sharkey, who had made his crcape after killing Dunn, and at @ iater howe Coroner Young, who had been called upon, took part in searching for the fagitive, yon after daylight Captain Car- Jand sxeceeded in — Sharkey to @ house in Washington street, near Perry, and there arrested him, alter which the ag ye re gh denied shooting Dunn purposely and insisted that it was quite accidental; but others who were present at | the time are equally positive that Sharkey took deliberate alm at Dann and discharged his pistol. The reaj facts of the case, however, will be devel- oped when the wituesses are examined under oath | before Coroner Young, Who has the case in charge. | Probabiy the investigation will take place on | Wednesday, POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. At haif-past two o’ciock yesterday afternoon Dr. b. 7. t. Marsh and Philip 0. Houton, M. D., at- tached to the Board of Health, made a post-mortem eXauination on the body of deceased, and found a istol shot wound about three inches and a half be- jow the right nipple and an inch and @ haif to the right of the median line, the ball passing through the lower portion of the leit lobe of the liver, lodg- | ing in the diaptragm on the left side. The builet, a cone im form, was but litte braised in passin; through the various organs of the body. Decease: Was a very One looking man, He has left a widow, but no children, 4 RIPPLE PROM THE CUSTOM HOUSE. An Unjust Accusation of Favoritimm— What It Really Is. A little breeze of exeltement was stirring yester- day at the Custom House among importers of for- eign merchandise, caused by @ very small affair. It appears that the regulations provide that “goods are not allowed to remain ip public store after examination more than twenty-four hours, when they must be returned to the warehouse the | | | | { AMUSEMENTS. —— The “Red Pockethook” at the Olympic Theatre. One of those adaptations from the French drama which scribbling genius fliches without acknow- Jedgment and mars in the operation was placed on the boards of the Olympic last night, to receive the approval or condemnation of an enlightened public, The play bill announced the “Red Pocket book” as @ romantic drama, and as romance seems in the mind of certain play constructors to mean all that ia extravagant absurd, the Piece, without doubt, fuily justified its classif- cation. It belonged, in its original state, to that class of drama which can only be ¢i Joyed in all its richness in the classic precincts of the Porte St. Martin; but the adapter, in putting it into American dress, has so bungled it that what ever spirit and point it may have possessed has disappeared. It has not even the spice of sin, which it was hoped would float “One Wife” in spite of the critics. Everything about the play is hack- neyed, and though some of the situations are evi- dently meant to be thrilling, and display considerable knowledge on the part of the original writer in the Management of his tableaux, the dulueas of the dia- logue and general heaviness of the surroundings completely neutralize the effects of tho tableaux. The plot can boast of no originality or finesse. A worthy young man—a nobleman in disguise—is ac- cused of killing a banker and convicted on circum- stantial evidence. After some time he makes his escape from the vegne and goes to sea in an cpen boat. Rescued from the waves by a French man-of-war, on which the lady of his love happens to be with her father, he is obliged to make before her the humiliating confession that he is an escaped convict. A virtuous crew are horri- fled at having a murderer among them, and the vessel fare fire immediately after they wish to leave him to his fate. He is, however, saved by tne interposition of the lady love who, with a woman's logic, belteves him innocent because she wishes him jo be 80. The scene on board ship is intended to to be strikingly else but the lubberly look- ing people, who jabber in 9 most painfully absurd manner to the audience while the good ship rolls about in the waves, conduct themselves in a man- ner more Lael he of laughter than of say sori- ous emotion. The culmination, of absurdity ta realized when the explosion of the powder maga- gine takes place. One is inclined to imagine that the author wants to relieve the audience by killing off alarge batch of the twenty-two personalities who crowd the bill, but his views are by no means 8o virtuons, He simply wey them of the deck of the war vessel, ag We atterwards in- formed, when they reappedr in the flesh, into the captain’s cutter and on to acertain raft, which seemed to have come together of its own volition to save the characters. sensation and legerdemain is one of the most ex- tridordidary devices we remember to have seen on the stage, and beats the concep- tions of Baron unchausen all to pieces, If we could consent to accept tricks of stage carpentry in exchange for legitimate dramatic effects we could possibly praise the neatness with which the burning ship is made to disappear in the waves; and, indeed, our only regret is that there is so much delay in sending it to Davy’s locker, for the whole scene reveais a want of the true dramatic sense, and is at once vulgar and absurd in its sensational effects, The burst of derisive applause that rewarded the shiverin, of the poor ship’s timbers marked clearly enough the verdict of the people He xu pot, re doing injustice to the much-abused Bowery by in- stituting comparisons between it and its new rival, but we feel perfectly certain that the old house need not fear suffering by contrast. It requires ® peculiar mental organization to enable a man ti hope for public favor with such a pl yas the “ie Pocketbook," and it certainly assumes on the part of the people a poverty of judgment which is not very complimentary to the free and enlightened citizens. = The ae is quite on @ par with the dialogue and plot, and is as dull and com- monplace as can well be imagined. Mr. Neil Warner, as Maurice, the much-abused hero, man- a to be awfully stagy and heavy. There is over him a gloom, “as if the worst had fallcn that could befall; and certainly his effect on the audience was not cheering. Miss Laura Phillips, as Helene, the romantic young lady who would love the convict in defiance of papa and conventionali- des, was pretty and effective, and entered into the spirit of her rdle in a satisfactory manner, The most of the other people stalked about the stage In @ melancholy or idiotic manner, according to the author's directions; but, as they had very little to do, it would be perhaps unfair to comment on them on this occasion, We hope the managers will display better judgment in the selection of their next pases, as well aa some consideration for the poor critics, whom a sad fate compels to listen patiently to the ranting of such stuif as goes to Make up what through courtesy we will call ro- mantic crama, age Theatre Comique. The bill was changed in several rather important respects at this popular downtown tlicatre, and the entertainment concluded with the production, for the first time, of a new drama, entitled “Around Town.” The piece is evidently chiefly written asa vehicle for the delineation of a number of charac- teristic New York types--the Dutchman, the “pyhoy,” &c. It has, however, a thread of This combination of redhot sensation tableaux. In the first part of the pro- gramme there is the usual medley of song and dance and buffoonery. Mr. John Hart is as good a nigger as ever, anda sketeh, bearing the thrilling title of “The Coal Heavers’ Revenge,” is really very which ought to be promptly suppressed. It depicts the inside of a madhouse, and two or three actors try ag well as they can (succeeding very well, too, by the way) to represent madmen. One of them tm- agines himself @ pump and another that he isin a perpetual rainstorm. ‘this may be very funny, but so terrible a human infirmity as madness is alto- gether improper for burlesque treatment behind the footlights. Among the vocalists Miss Ada Wray carries off the palm, and her voice is very fresh and sweet. Miss Lillian Hylton also earned and recetved an encore. Enough has been said to show that this house is equal to its old standard of excelience, allowance being made, of course, for the somewat “mixcd” taste of its patrons, Wallack’s=—The Lydia Thompson Troupe. Miss Lydia Thompson and her corps of versatile feminines performed the musical burlesque of “LIxion” at Waillack’s Theatre last evening toa fall house, The play is not a new one, having been introduced to a New York public two years ago at Wood's Museum by the Thompson Troupe, but it is new for Wallack's, and has been off the stage for 80 Sogmety that it is almost new to New Yorkers, It is full of the halting verse, execrable puns, pointiess loca) and political allusions, delicions airs and handsome shapes that invest the fantastic array which Lydia Tompson calis her répertotre. The chigf attraction was Thoinpeon herself, who, of course, acted and sung with her usual charming naiveté and expression, while Miss Rose Coghlan, &@ new appearance from London, who is handsome, good ager and an excellent actress, bore olf the second honors. A comedietta, entitled “A Happy Pair,” in which Mr. Edmund Leathes, another new appearance, and Miss Coghlan took the only parts, introduced the evening's entertainment, White's Athenreum. importer may have designated in his entry.” The object of (his order is to feilitate the business of | the public store and benedt the merchants in ex- pediting the examipation apd a sements, j During the late rash, consequent upon the new tarid gou well be fail ve toned down, executed, but since the attors aerably and the lation te in full force. During the months of June and | goods accumulated to a very large exten ‘Git Was Fpread that the order des! bepefit of certain proprietors of bonded is @ faliacy from beginning to ie Collector of the Port bas bo more right | rier goods imported to any particular ware- | house than the Wuckwan carting the same, The jesighates the bonded store, and, with tion of the case or ¢ oraered for a praisement, the merchandire | d whe the owner thereof desires, Only one oF two cases occurred Where the Warehouses were too fuil to re ceive the returned goods, whereagpon the Deputy | Collector of the Tuird division designated the storage of the raised packages, However when It was ascertained by the disetected how matters stood, peace and harmony reigned again, the distuved wal cali surface, formation regards Houre before mak coping charges against ‘ty officers they would save a great deal of trouble ena spare the feelings of the gentiomen whose motives | are wrougfully unpugned, } CAST ON THE SHORB | “Only a Pauper That Nobody Own i The following instance will show that even Jerscy | is not altogether free from “the law's delay” and the difficulties arising therefrom. Last Wednesday | morning the body of an unknown man was found floating in the North River, at Bull's Ferry. The Squire of the vi Was notified, but he delivered himself in a traly style, that would ry shame of = this aision:—“E have nothi to do with The one attended to cost ‘me last 1 much money." On Friday a —! AY aera ar that way, eu e cane, i & messenger to ceed to Coroner Parsiow'e © e, Coroner acted | into effect, this order could pot very | : | half the audience arriv This minstre! hall opened for the season last evening, and presented to the public entertain. ment of very respectable merit, Mr. Aenry sings a song, “Little Robin, Tell Kitty I'm Coming,” which is worth hearing more than once, The end men d their buffoonery contains ratlicr more than the usual pe:c age of new jokes, with many ood old ones, “That Dog,” a buries juc tragedy, fi two acta, is the p' rincipal scene, and js yery amusing in ‘the broad vein of minstrel all hnitiof, A comic vocal quartet, by White, Schoolcraft, Campbell and I t hh tremen- dous applanse. nent is lively and interesting, aud Charley White has doubt- jess begun @ Very successful season. To a crowded @ in the little Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, Mr, Joon BE, Owens made a reappear- ance to his old frieuds in Sterling Coyne’s comedy of “Everybody's Priend” and in his great specialty of Solon Shingle, Considering that more than during the frst act, and that the ushers were unequal to the demands made upon them, the plece was well presented. Broad, uneontrotlatie laughter greeted Mr. Owen's some- what too broad job and advancing years don't appear to dimin Tis well sh Mr, Owens’ histrionic fame, of Solon Shingle is too heed criticism. =It was his best presentations, Mr. |. especially by Miss M. E. ng lady in “Everybody's r The week is to be a week of light cotne- dies at this theatre, and will be given in the follow- order :—On Tuesday, “Heir at Law” and “Forty impersonation known Ww u w mt Wednesday, “The Victims’ and Solon shh ‘Thareday, “Poor Gentleman” aud “Fort, wi ’ Friday, “Pont Pry” and “Live Indian ;" sata: matinee, ot two, “The Victiais;” Satur- @ay t, “The Rivals” and “Betsy Baker.” A New German Theatre. Mr. A. Newendor! has secured the leasoof the theatre attached to Tammany Hall, formerly occu- pied by Bryants’ Minstrels, and proposes opening it on Getober § as a frst class German theatre for dramatic and vaudeville performances. Mr. Nenen- dort hae been long and favorably known in connec. ith German Opera, and was the partner with Car in the remarkatie season of Italian Opera Which cloned at the Academy of Music last Avr dramatic interest, and contains several exciting | funny. There is another scene, “‘i’ompey’s Vatients,” | WASHINGTON. Judge Dent, of “Ours,” on the. Rampage. REVENGE FOR A “CAPITAL” OFFENCE, Twenty-five Dents on an Edi- tor’s Skull. Prospective Meeting of thy Mixed Claims Commission. ; Wasumnaroy, Sept. 2, 1972. Judge Dent on the Warpath—Sle Cance an Editor for Publishing on Alleged Libel, This morning Judge Louls Dent, a brother of Mra, President Grant and of General F. T. Dent, visited the office of the Capital newspaper, and on inguir- ing for the eaitor was shown up stairs to the room; occupied by Mr. Henry Reed, who is at present inj charge of that journal. Judge Dent had bee; aggrieved by an article which appeared yesterday, | in which it was chargéd that he had received $2, and his brother, General Dent, $1,000, for securing) the appointment of William J. Farrand as Consul to Callao. It was farther charged that the Dents had negotiated with Farrand for the appointment! of & man uamed Withey as Commissioner to settlo| the claims of citizens of the United States against! Peru, for which he paid to General F. 'T. Dent thé! © sum of $3,000 in cash, at the Astor House, in New! York. This appointment was never made, and tha, Capital alleged that thereby Farrand and Withey; lost the opportunity of playing into cach other's: hands which it would have afforded. Smarting) under this grievance, Judge Dent determined ta) castigate lis autior, and on meeting Mr. Reed at once demanded, in the peremptory tone of brother-in-law, to know who was responsible for! its publication, Reed, after parleying the qt tion, answered that he was responsible tor it.| Upon this avowal Dent raiged a hieckor walking stick ch he carried in his| hand, and which he had bought for! the purpose, there being another cane on @ desk in! the room, and struck Reed severai blows over the| head, breaking the cane, Eachof the partica has: his own version of the beginning and progress of the quarrel, Jndge Dent saying he pronounced the article false and warned Mr, Reed to defend him¢ self, which he could have done with the other stick, before striking the first biow, and Reed declaring that Dent struck bim over the head without @ word of explanation, Several blows were strack before Mr. Revd could rise from his seat, according to Reed's ayerment; but as soon as hie gained his fect @ soufle ensued for the possession of the broken stick, Other: persons cmployed in the building hearing the noise rushed in at this juncture and separate the combaiants. Mr. Reed recelved two scalp, wounds and acut near the left eye. Judge Dent came out of the battle without a scar, After the scuiie Officer Roderick, being called in, took the assailant into ¢ ody, and filed information in the Police Court charging Dent with assault and bat- tery on Reed. ‘The hearing was postponed until to-morrow, Dent enterlug into personal recog- nizance in the sum of $200 for his appearance, " There can ve no question that Mr. Reed received & pretty severe foggtug, being indented not fewer, than twenty or twenty-five times. About a year. ago Judge Dent gave Donn Piatt, the owner of the ; journal in which the article appeared, warning that if le was abused in the way the Dent and Grant familics were abused in the’ Capital he would resent, and this is the first pointed article against him since that time. He declares his entire innocence of the charge, say- ing what he did for Farrand was outofan old friendship, and says he bas no political connections whatevor with the White House, General Dent's statement in regard to the matter out of which the fight grew ts to the effect that hts only connection with the matter was that Farrand was introduced to him by his brother, Judge Dent, as an old friend from California, with a@ request that the General should see that the papers of Mr. Farrand were put before the President. The papers of Farrand were handed to the President by General Dent. Farrand was endorsed by tho republicans as a firm republican and sup- porter of the administyation, and by the democrats 48 @ Man suitable for the position, When the Pres- | ident read them and heard the case he stated that he would bring the matter to the attention of Sec- retary Fish, witch he did, and asa vacancy was about to occur at Callao by the transfer of the Con- sul then there, the appointment of Mr. Farrand was made, As to mecting Furrand at the Astor House in New York, and receiving from him $3,000 to secure the appolutment of Withey as Pernvian Claims Commissioner General Dent says he never saw Farrand in New York and never exchanged’ more than twenty words with him, and that upon the occasion when he was introduced by his brother in the anteroom at the White House. Judge Dent’s story in regard to the transaction is the same as this jn every particular. Tis only idea of the occurrence to-day is that he was wickedly assailed ov false charges, and that he preperly punished his assailant. As to its political effect and the annoyance it wall cause the Presi- dent he seems utterly unconscious, Diplomatic Personal. Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister, has returned to Washington, and will remain here several weeks, ‘The Russian Minister, Count D. Offenberg, has taken possession of his new rest- dence on H street, between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets. Three Per Cents Called. The Secretary of the Treasury has this day called for the redemption of the three per cent temporary Joan certificates as follows:—Five thousands of numbers 4,154to 4,314 inclusive and ten thousands of numbers 4,574 to 4,719, amounting tn the aggre. gate to $1,550,c00, on which interest will cease October 81, 1872, The British Claims Commission. Hon. Russell Gurney, the British Commissioner, and Count Corti, the third member of the British- American Claims Commission, will meet at New- port, R. I., on Thursday to resume the consideration of claims presented, r. Cox, the secretary, and the clerks of the Com. mission are engaged in packiag up the papers in | the case before that Commission and will leave here on Wednesday morning for Newport, where the Commission will hold its session for some weeks. Miners’ Rights in Diamond Lands, Toward the close of the late session of Congress anact was passed allowing private entries to be | made on public }ands of mines of gold, silver, cin- nabar, lead and all other mineral deposits, The Department o! the Intertor recently, in view of the reported discovery of diamonds and other precious stones in Arizona and New Mexico, asked the opin- ion of the Attorney General as to whether entries could be made of these mines iu the same manner as ofother mines. The Attorney General has’ re- | plied that, under the head of mineral deposits, min- eral lands of whatever kind, nature or description can be entered, and therefore the diamond mines» under certain restrictions made by law, are in like manner subject to private entry. PATALLY BURNED, Coroner Herrman yesterday afternoon held an inquest on the body of Mary Carberry, late a do- mestic in the employ of Mr. Horace F. Clark, Prest- dent of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ratiroad, living at No, 10 Bast Twenty-second street, who was fatally burued by the explosion of acan of alcohol. While having the can uncorked the fumes of the alcohol came in contact with a light carried by Mary, thus causing an instantane- ous explosion. Jt appearing that the occurrence Was accidentab, a verdict to that effect was ren- an by the jury. Deceased was thirty-six veara age,